winter it is fit to be worked (budded) in the August following, and iii two years to be 

 sdd under the form of pyramidal pear ire.s-poirier en pyrarmde. The quantity of 

 it exported annually, under 

 the form of both quince and 

 pear, is almost incalculable, 

 and not only holds all parts 

 of Europe, but Africa and the 

 two Americas, tributary to this 

 town for its products. It is 

 the principal branch of com- 

 merce of the nurseries ; and^ I 

 should say even, that it has in 

 greater part made their for- 

 tunes and reputation. 



The tree has upright shoots 

 when young, and few thorns 

 or spines. The leaf is large. 

 Fruit large, turbinate, largest 

 in the middle, ribbed, and ir- 

 reo-ular. The stem is short, 

 hard, and planted on the sur- 

 face. The eye is large and 

 wide; divisions of the calyx 

 leafy and toothed; the basin 

 of the eye is lightly ribbed or 

 plaited. The skin is yellow, 

 cottony, with some large dots 

 of gray or black. The flesh 

 is coarse and hard; juice acid, 

 not abundant, and it has the 

 same perfume as all the quin- 

 ces. The quality is the same 

 as the Portugal, and in this 

 country it is the most fertile, 

 and the species most com- 

 monly employed in making 

 preserves. The floiver is 

 small, globular, bright rose; 

 the petals are striped with 

 lines of rcsy carmine extend- 

 ing from the base to the point ; 

 the flower bud is obtuse ; the 

 ovary is small and short ; the 

 sepals are small, and furnished 

 on the under side with small 

 points, and slightly downy. 

 After having made known 



JguLr! larg«t iu the middle, with cavities on the surface tercnafng abruptly toward 



OBLONG QUINCE 



§ 



